Camels and Camelids

A REPORT OF SEROPREVALENCE OF CAMEL BRUCELLOSIS IN INDIA

Journal Edition: December 2013
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Published On: 03-09-2018 19:08

Rajeswari Shome1, V.K. Gupta2, B. Bhardwaj3, B.R. Shome4, M. Nagalingam5 and H. Rahman6
1,5,6Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (PD_ADMAS), Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India;
2Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 281 122, India,
3Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Rajasthan, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

ABSTRACT

Among 78 camel serum samples tested, 7(8.9%) and 3 each (4.9%) were positive for anti Brucella antibodies by RBPT, ELISA and SAT, respectively. Interestingly, in PCR, one female camel out of 42 camel sera DNA amplified 223bp product specific to Brucella genus.
Key words: Brucellosis, camel, Indian report, sero-surveillance